Answer to Question #133779 in Electricity and Magnetism for Laura

Question

A person is at 25 meters and ends at 2 meters and the trip took 4.5 seconds. What was the average speed

Answer 1

Distance travelled is $=25-2=23 m$

Time taken is $=4.5 s$

The average speed is given by

$v_{avg}=\frac{Total distance}{Total time taken}$

$=\frac{23 m}{4.5 s}=5.1 m/s$